Outdoors 'Gotta have it': Beckman ice rod bag

Like most kinds of angling, ice fishing requires a lot of stuff, and the best way I've found to carry the three spinning rods I usually fish with is the 38-inch Beckman ice rod bag. The two outside zipper pockets at the top hold small plastic tackle boxes. In most stores and online sites, it sells for about $25, but I suspect that in an ice-challenged winter you'll find this bag and others like ...

Griffin: The perch that wasn't meant to be a winner

The Escanaba Daily News reported, and national news outlets relayed, results of Escanaba's sixth annual Jig It Ice Fishing Extravaganza last weekend.

Winter sans ice fishing in Erie? It might happen

ERIE, Pa. (AP) - A milder winter has kept Presque Isle Bay and its adjacent waters mostly devoid of ice. That's meant no ice-fishing season - and no ice-fishing tales.

A winter without ice fishing in Erie? It might happen

It's rare that Presque Isle Bay is free of ice in late January and early Februray, but unseasonably warm winter condition have kept ice fisherman on the piers and the shorelines, at least for now.

Slow start to season won't deter ice fishermen

Every season, Lake St. Clair becomes the choice destination for ice fishermen and women, from St. Clair Shores to Anchor Bay, looking to hook the tasty perch.